The sacrifices made by the class of 2020 and their families were matched by the sacrifices made by many dedicated and selfless educators. Educators who had to innovate, and find new ways of educating – and to do so without adequate resources and training. A number of these educators have made the ultimate sacrifice and laid down their lives to give the class of 2020 a future. Our celebrations will be tempered by remembering these heroes. However, we cannot just remember, we have to change the system to make it more able to adapt. This needs radical legislative reform and the ACDP commits itself to work towards this. We cannot again afford to pay the price in lives that we have this year to secure an education for our learners.